There's an apparent partisan split over what supporters call the Clean Air Bill and opponents label a nuclear power plant bailout.
A House committee heard from supporters of the bill to create a $300 million fund offering credits to both renewable energy and nuclear power plants 鈥� while eliminating the requirement that utilities get a percentage of their power from renewables.
With , Chair Nino Vitale (R-Urbana) said he wanted to keep the committee moving: 鈥榃e鈥檙e really trying to limit to five minutes, as I stated in the opening, including questions.鈥�
So he moved on after allowing questions from two of his fellow Republicans and then not recognizing one from Rep. Kristin Boggs (D-Columbus), saying he 鈥渓ooked both ways, I鈥檓 sorry.鈥�
Democrats left and called it a 鈥渟tunt committee meeting鈥�, and returned more than an hour later after talking with Vitale.
Boggs said they wanted to fully vet their concerns, and walked out when they felt they couldn鈥檛. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a shame we had to do that in order to get to the point where we are now,鈥� Boggs said.
Vitale said they had resolved the issue.
But Democrats also said they hadn鈥檛 seen the changes to the bill, which is a priority for Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford), who was elected with a split of Republican and Democratic support.
